jangle
verb (used without object)
to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together.
jangler
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a word derived from
jangle.
Example Sentences
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“Been all the same if that there jangler had alarmed the whole blessed country.”
From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by George Manville Fenn
My son, speak not, but with thine head thou beck,* *beckon, nod Dissimule as thou wert deaf, if that thou hear A jangler speak of perilous mattere.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
"Cast off!" he cried; and the silent crowd heard clearly the single sharp bell ringing for attention, and then the "jangler" that called for full speed ahead.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
He was stripped of his royal offices and pensions, and, bitter humiliation, the laurel, torn from his brow, was placed on the head of that scorned jangler in verse, Shadwell.
From Palamon and Arcite by John Dryden
And distinctly they heard the faint, far tinkle of the jangler calling again for "full speed ahead."
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
